EPO or blood doping in bodybuilding

[The Dude]

I remember reading way back that Paul Dillet used to have pints of blood drawn in the off season and then IV'd back into him prior to shows. You guys ever heard of this or using EPO to increase RBC??

 

[Oldschool]

Rumor has it that Arnold did as well.

 

[The Dude]

No one else has heard of this?

 

[nuknuk]

I see no real point in doing this.

 

[The Dude]

I see no real point in doing this.

I think originally the idea was having an over abundance of RBC's would allow more carbs to be shuttled in, in effect allowing a much more full appearance on stage. Apparently it's fallen out of favor.

 

[Midwest Muscle]

I've heard of people donating blood to decrease RBC's, especially if your on EQ. The extra red cells are good up to a certain point as others stated for the awesome pumps/full vascular look but once they get so high you start having more side effects like shortness of breath, lethargy, and at big time risks of DVT's and Pulmunary embolisms.

 

[The Dude]

I've heard of people donating blood to decrease RBC's, especially if your on EQ. The extra red cells are good up to a certain point as others stated for the awesome pumps/full vascular look but once they get so high you start having more side effects like shortness of breath, lethargy, and at big time risks of DVT's and Pulmunary embolisms.

Yep polycythemia. I have it. Hopefully the cpaf machine takes care of it.

 

[big in vegas]

I've never heard of it, don't know if I'd wanna do that or not

 

[Presser]

i was searching this blod doping for member boomer and found this thread of ours on google lol,

bump

 

[Boomer]

Awsome.... seems like no real benifit if you rbc count is up anyway due to the other drugs... not much of an endurance sport